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Unit 1, Quiz #1: Earliest Civilizations
1) Which of the following headings best describes the following list: cities, organized government, complex religion, job
specialization, social classes, art & architecture, public works, and writing?
A. The Code of Hammurabi
B. Features of Civilization
C. Paleolithic Discoveries
D. The Eightfold Path to Enlightenment
2) Based on the map above, what is the term used to describe the shaded area?
A. Mesopotamia
B. The Fertile Crescent
C. The Great Rift Valley
D. The Crossroads of Civilization
3) Where did the first cities emerge?
A. Along overland trade routes
B. In river valleys
C. Along the Mediterranean coast
D. In the Americas
4) The Code of Hammurabi was a major achievement for which of the following reasons?
A. It was the first standardized collection of written laws
B. It treated men and women as equals under the law for the first time
C. It forbade capital punishment and all forms of physical torture
D. It rejected the principles of “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” in favor of more humane punishments
5) The early civilizations of the Nile River valley, Mesopotamia, and the Yellow River Valley were similar in that they
A. Had heavily industrialized cities
B. Practiced exclusively monotheistic religions
C. Depended on their rivers to keep the soil fertile for farming
D. Depended on each other for trade to survive
6) What important achievement did the Mesopotamians introduce in 3200 BC that would later allow historians to study
their culture?
A. Trade outposts
B. Cuneiform, one of the first forms of writing
C. The secret of silk manufacture
D. The Rosetta stone, a black stone with a message containing 3 scripts
Identify the following locations on the map below:
7) China
8) Egypt
9) India
10) Mesopotamia